Iraq Chemical Attack Sentence

AP News 2010-01-17 14:51:28

Iraq Chemical Attack Sentence
A man weeps while visiting the grave of a relative killed in a 1988 chemical attack in Halabja in northern Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was convicted Sunday of crimes against humanity and received his fourth death sentence, this time for involvement in one of the worst poison gas attacks ever against civilians. Families of victims in court cheered when the judge handed down the guilty verdict in a trial for the poison gas attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 that killed 5,600 people.(AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)

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